Egon Franke (politician)

Egon Franke
Franke in 1976
Vice Chancellor of West Germany
In office
17 September 1982 – 1 October 1982
PresidentKarl Carstens
ChancellorHelmut Schmidt
Preceded byHans-Dietrich Genscher
Succeeded byHans-Dietrich Genscher
Minister of Intra-German Relations
In office
22 October 1969 – 1 October 1982
ChancellorWilly Brandt
Helmut Schmidt
Preceded byHerbert Wehner
Succeeded byRainer Barzel
Personal details
Born(1913-04-11)11 April 1913
Hanover, Germany
Died26 April 1995(1995-04-26) (aged 82)
Hanover, Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Egon Franke (11 April 1913[1] – 26 April 1995[2]) was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Federal Minister for Intra-German Relations from 1969 to 1982[3] and, for the short period between the breakup of the SPD-FDP coalition on 17 September 1982 and the constructive vote of no confidence on 1 October of the same year, by which Helmut Kohl replaced Helmut Schmidt, as Vice Chancellor of Germany. With a tenure of 14 days he is, as yet, the vice chancellor with the shortest time in office.

In 1986 he was accused, along with confidant Edgar Hirt, of embezzlement and suppression of documents. They were accused of stealing 5.56 million marks, and on trial Franke said he knew nothing about the cash,[4] in the end the cash was never found.[5]

Political offices
Preceded by Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
17 September–1 October 1982 		Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ Childs, David (20 June 1995). "Obituary: Egon Franke". www.independent.co.uk. The Independent. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ Jahrbuch der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). Beck/dtv. 1997. p. 363. ISBN 978-3-423-05618-2. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  3. ^ Eiber, Ludwig (1998). Die Sozialdemokratie in der Emigration: die "Union deutscher sozialistischer Organisationen in Grossbritannien" 1941-1946 und ihre Mitglieder : Protokolle, Erklärungen, Materialien (in German). J.H.W. Dietz Nachfolger. p. 363. ISBN 978-3-8012-4084-4. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Langer Franke-Prozeß". Der Spiegel (in German). 4 May 1986. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Wo blieb das Geld?". Die Zeit (in German). 27 December 1985. Retrieved 3 December 2024.